The most severe fighting in Bosnia is recorded near Serb corridor
in the north of the state, where numerous Serb military vehicles are under
Bosnian army and HVO artillery fire, said the UN spokesman A. Ivanko.
Shelling of a vital Serb corridor Sunday in response to Serb troop and
military equipment movement through the area.
BH sources state that "Yugoslav military" has arrived from Serbia
attacking the Brka-Vranovaca frontline, south from Brcko. It is a vital
Serb military corridor only 4 km wide. Bosnian army and HVO forces has
undertaken a counter attack near Gradacac and by unconfirmed reports, has
liberated the village of Krecane. B-H army assault continues on Mt. Ozren
- the 2nd Corps has liberated 25O sq km. Large area is liberated by the
3rd Corps. Bosansko Petrovo Selo, a Serb stronghold on Mt. Ozren is
semi-besieged.

Ivanko said that there were arround 3,000 armed incidents in
Bosnia and Herzegovina for the past 24 hours, 152 in Sarajevo.

September 26, 1995
NEW YORK CITY, United States
Bosnian talks: a high wire act

The US-lead peace drive in Bosnia, which looked near collapse on
Sunday, was patched together a day later in New York, but not without
hurriedly called meetings in Secretary of State Warren Christopher's hotel
and a series of emergency calls to Sarajevo.
The Bosnian government wanted guarantees that nationalist Bosnian
Serbs would not one day secede from the republic. They apparently received
that assurance from the US delegation, and agreed to join Tuesday's talks.
Secretary of State said that "Tuesday's meeting will be a success
if the parties adopt a set of constitutional principles, adopt the form of
a superstructure that would move the Geneva agreement one step further
forward. What they'll be talking about tomorrow is the connective tissue
between the two entities that were spelled out in the Geneva agreement."
"I want to make clear here that the US will oppose any settlement
in Bosnia and Herzegovina that would undermine its territorial integrity
or its continuation as a single state," Christopher added.
The nationalist Bosnian Serbs are represented by Yugoslav Foreign
Minister Milutinovic. Their direct representative Nikola Koljevic is
expected to take part in Tuesday's negotiations.
Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic said that the new agreement
"reconfirms" that the country will remain unified. "It will have a
constitution, a parliament, a government ... all the attributes of a
state," Silajdzic said.
Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey said that one of the key
concerns for the Bosnian Government is that "we want to make sure that
there are truly democratic elections that would establish a government for
Bosnia and Herzegovina."
But Christopher's optimism may not be enough to salvage Tuesday's
talks in New York. Late Monday, administration sources close to the
negotiations gave the talks little chance of producing an agreement.
"They're still way apart and I'm not sure it's going to happen," an
administration official told CNN.

According to Croatian Foreign Minister, Mate Granic, who spoke to
the media following a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Bosnia,
Yugoslavia and Croatia Belgrade is still failing to accept an agreement on
Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem as part of the overall peace-package.

In other developments, ten Senate Republicans sent a letter to
President Clinton Monday, accusing the administration of failing to
consult Congress on its plans for participating in a peacekeeping force in
Bosnia. They said that the commitment of US troops should be submitted to
Congress for its approval. They also said that Congress should know what
promisses have been made to NATO and whether Russian or Middle Eastern
troops would be involved.
The letter also calls on President Clinton to reverse his
opposition to lifting the arms embargo on Bosnia to allow Bosnians to
fight until there is a stable military balance.
The lawmakers question whether US troops should be deployed to
partition an independent country and they threaten to oppose any
settlement of the conflict not fully supported by the Sarajevo Government.

September 25, 1995
BONN, Germany
German Foreign Minister on Bosnia

German Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel endorsed
the plan of operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina comprised in four points
based on the existing international approach to Bosnia. Fist, cease-fire
and cessation of hostilities should be established in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Then, parties to the conflict, with the international
mediation, "within reasonable period of time" should agree on details of
the peace settlement, with previously defined principles. Third, sending
international troops, and fourth - extensive assistance for reconstruction
and development of the areas devastated in war.
The plan was presented to the European Union statesmen at the
meeting in Mallorca (Baleari). The US president Clinton was informed on
details in a phone talk with German chancellor Kohl. In the talk, Kohl and
Clinton concluded that USA and Germany shared the same views on Bosnia and
Herzegovina.

September 23, 1995
UNITED NATIONS, New York
UNHCR urges Croatia to reconsider revoking refugee status

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata urged
the Croatian Government to reconsider a directive revoking the refugee
status of tens of thousands of Bosnians in Croatia. The directive stated
that the refugees would be returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina in
cooperation with the Bosnian Government and Bosnian Croat authorities.
Mrs. Ogata said the ill-timed directive could mean the forced
return of refugees to an area that was neither safe nor prepared to
receive them. Such an action would violate the fundamental principle of
non-refoulement contained in the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of
Refugees, to which Croatia was a signatory. Any large-scale repatriation
must be dealt with in the context of the overall peace process, in
accordance with international standards, she stressed.